Bob’s wife found________ in the house, did she？

ork next week because I’ve got some work there.” “Where are you going to stay there？” his wife asked. “I don’t know yet.” Dick answered. “Please send me your address from there in a telegram,” his wife said. “All right,” Dick answered.

He flew to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city. He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram. He put the address of his hotel in it. In the evening he didn’t have any work，so he went to a cinema. He came out at nine o’clock and said，“Now I’m going back to my hotel and have a nice dinner.”

He found a taxi and the driver said，“Where do you want to go？” But Dick didn’t remember the name and address of his hotel.

“Which hotel are my things in？” he said，“And what am I going to do tonight？” But the driver of the taxi did not know. So Dick got out and went into a post office. There he sent his wife another telegram，and in it he wrote，“Please send me my address at this post office.” 11. Dick flew to New York because __________.

A. he went there for a holiday B. he had work there

C. he went there for sightseeing D. his home was there

12. Why did his wife want a telegram from him？

A. Because she didn’t know his address yet B. Because she wanted to go to New York，too C. Because she might send him another telegram

D. Because she couldn’t leave her husband by himself in New York 13. Where did Dick stay in New York？

A. In the center of the city. B. In a hotel. C. In a restaurant. D. At his friend's house.

14. Who would send him the name and address of his hotel？

A. The manager of his hotel. B. The police office. C. The taxi driver. D. His wife.

15. Which of the following is not true？

A. Dick stayed at a nice hotel in the center of the city. B. Dick didn't work on the first night of his arrival. C. Dick forgot to send his wife a telegram. D. Dick wanted to go back to his hotel in a taxi.

in a clothes shop once. It was strange. The man was hiding a yellow sweater inside his coat. I thought he had stolen it, so I caught him. We found later that his wife gave him the sweater for his birthday, but he hated it. He just wanted to return it to the shop for money, but he didn’t want his wife to see him! We soon let him go. Another day, a man called Bob went into a bank on Sixth Street. He wrote on the back of an envelope, “Give me the money! Or I’ll kill you. ” and gave it to the bank clerk. She gave him $100,000 and the man ran away. Then we received a phone call from the bank clerk. She told us to go to the man’s house in Candy Town and get him. We caught him as soon as he got out of the elevator. He couldn’t believe that we found him so quickly. We told him that the front of the envelope he used had his name and address on it!

小题1:What does Mr. Smith do？

A. A bank clerk

B. A policeman

C. A thief

小题2:Mr. Smith caught the man in the clothes shop ___________.

A. by exchange

B. by mistake

C. by accident

小题3:Why did the man return the sweater to the shop？

A. Because he didn’t want his wife to see it

B. Because he liked money more than the sweater

C. Because he hated it and wanted to get the money back

小题4:Bob was caught so quickly because ___________.

A. his address was found on the envelope he used

B. he received a phone call from the bank clerk

C. the police waited for him outside the elevator

小题5:What do you think of Bob？

A. He is brave

B. He is careful

C. He is careless

t researchers who study bereavement wondered if it didn't also signify the end of a private grief. Had the former president merely run his allotted fourscore and one, or had he fallen victim to a pattern that seems to afflict longtime married couples: one spouse quickly following the other to the grave？

Pat, Nixon's wife of 53 years, died last June after a long illness. No one knows for sure whether her death contributed to his. After all, he was elderly and had a history of serious heart disease. Researchers have long observed that the death of a spouse, particularly a wife, is sometimes followed by the untimely death of the grieving survivor. Historian Will Durant died 13 days after his wife and collaborator, Ariel; Buckminster Fuller and his wife died just 36 hours apart. Is this more than coincidence？ "Part of the story, I suspect, is that we men are so used to ladies feeding us and taking care of us," says Knud Helsing, an epidemiologist at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, "that when we lose a wife we go to pieces. We don't know how to take care of ourselves." In one of several studies Helsing has conducted on bereavement, he found that widowed men had higher mortality rates than married men in every age group. But, he found that widowers who remarried 'enjoyed the same lower mortality rate as men who'd never been widowed.

Women's health and resilience may also suffer after the loss of a spouse. In a 1987 study of widows, researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles, and UC, San Diego, found that they had a dramatic decline in levels of important immune-system cells that fight off disease. Earlier studies showed reduced immunity in widowers.

For both men and women, the stress of losing a spouse can have a profound effect. "All sorts of potentially harmful medical problems can be worsened," says Gerald Davison, professor of psychology at the University of Southern California. People with high blood pressure, for example, may see it rise. In Nixon's case, Davison speculates, "the stroke, although not caused directly by the stress, was probably hastened by it." Depression can affect the surviving spouse's will to live; suicide is elevated in the bereaved, along with accidents not involving cars.

Involvement in life helps prolong it. Mortality, says Duke University psychiatrist Daniel Blazer, is higher in older people without a good social-support-system, who don't feel they're part of a group or a family, that they "fit in" somewhere. And that's a more common problem for men, who tend not to have as many close friendships as women. The sudden absence of routines can also be a health hazard, says Blazer. "A person who loses a spouse shows deterioration in normal habits like sleeping and eating," he says. "They don't have that other person to orient them, like when do you go to bed, when do you wake up, when do you eat, when do you take your medication, when do you go out to take a walk？ Your pattern is no longer locked into someone else's pattern, so it deteriorates."

While earlier studies suggested that the first six months to a year -- or even the first week- were times of higher mortality for the bereaved, some newer studies find no special vulnerability in this initial period. Most men and women, of course, do not die as a result of the loss of a spouse. And there are ways to improve the odds. A strong sense of separate identity and lack of over-dependency during the marriage are helpful. Adult sons and daughters, siblings and friends need to pay special attention to a newly widowed parent. They can make sure that he or she is socializing, getting proper nutrition and medical care, expressing emotion and, above all, feeling needed and appreciated.

According to researchers, Richard Nixon's death was

A．caused by his heart problems.

B．indirectly linked to his wife's death.

C．the inevitable result of old age.

D．an unexplainable accident.

A.counted

B.considered

C.regarded

D.reckoned

ty two years of his life that followed, he built a literary fame unsurpassed (无法超越)in the twentieth century.

As a boy he was taught by his father to hunt and fish along the shores and in the forests around Lake Michigan. The Hemingways had a summer house in northern Michigan, and the family would spend the summer months there trying to stay cool. Hemingway would either fish the different streams that ran into the lake, or would take the small boat out to do some fishing there. He would also go squirrel hunting in the woods, discovering early in life the peace to be found while alone in the forest or going through a stream. It was something he could always go back to throughout his life, and though he often found himself living in major cities like Chicago, Toronto and Paris early in his life, once he became successful he chose somewhat isolated places to live in.

When he wasn't hunting or fishing his mother taught him the good points of music. She was a skilled singer who once had wished a life on stage, but at last settled down with her husband and spent her time by giving voice and music lessons to local children, including her own. Hemingway was never talented for music and suffered through singing practices and music lessons, however, the musical knowledge he got from his mother helped him share in his first wife Hadley's interest in the piano.

Ernest Hemingway died in______.

A．1969

B．1979

C．1981

D．1961

nd was busy most of the time. When he was 65, the normal retirement age, he decided that he didn't want to stop, so he carried on working for another two years. Eventually, when he was nearly 68, his wife, Dolly, asked him to retire because she wanted to enjoy their old age together. Reluctantly, he handed over the business to his son.

But he was unhappy. He didn't know what to do with himself. Although he read a lot of books and he went on holiday to interesting places with his wife, he was bored and began to get depressed because he hated being retired.

Then one day he saw an advertisement in the newspaper and, without telling his wife, he bought a small crockery (陶器) factory. The next week he told his family. They were horrified and worried. They thought he was too old at 71 to start work again.

He is now 76 and he has expanded the company considerably. He has increased the number of staff from 6 to 24 and he has found many new customers for the products. He has developed the export market and has improved profits by 200%. He has opened a new design office and employed three young designers. They have been all over the world to get new ideas, and one of them has gone to France this week to a major trade fair. Most importantly, he hasn't been bored since he bought the factory.

1)、The topic sentence of Para. 1 is ______.

A.Morgan Rees has always been a good businessman

B.he used to own three petrol stations and was busy most of the time

C.when Morgan Rees was 65, he got retired

D.reluctantly, he handed over the business to his son

2)、The topic sentence of Para. 2 is ______.

A.he didn't know what to do with himself

B.he went on holiday to interesting places with his wife

C.he was unhappy after he got retired

D.none of them

3)、Which of the following statements can best express the main idea of Para. 3？

A.One day he saw an advertisement in the newspaper.

B.He bought a small crockery factory in secret and started work again.

C.He told his family he bought a small crockery factory.

D.His family was horrified and worried when they learned he bought the small factory.

4)、What is the central idea of the last paragraph？

A.Morgan Rees has worked until he is 76.

B.Morgan Rees has developed the export market and improved the profits by 200%.

C.Morgan Rees hasn't been bored since he bought the factory.

D.Since he started working again, Morgan Rees has expanded the company considerably, which has enriched his retired life.

5)、The passage mainly deals with ______.

A.why Morgan Rees bought a small crockery factory

B.how Morgan Rees lived his retired life more happily by turning to work again

C.how Moran Rees became a good businessman

D.how Moran Rees expanded the company considerably

to get a man, and women who went to college were more interested in getting a "Mrs.degree" than a bachelor's. Even today, it's not unusual for a woman to get whispered and unrequested counsel from her grandmother that an advanced degree could hurt her in the marriage market.

"There were so many misperceptions out there about education and marriage that I decided to sort out the facts," said economist Betsey Stevenson, an assistant professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. So along with Wharton colleague Adam Isen, Stevenson calculated national marriage data from 1950 to 2008 and found that the marriage penalty women once paid for being well educated has largely disappeared.

"In other words, the difference in marriage rates between those with college degrees and those without is very small," said Stephanie Coontz, a family historian at Evergreen State College. The new analysis also found that while high-school dropouts(辍学学生) had the highest marriage rates in the 1950s, today college-educated women are much more likely to marry than those who don't finish high school.

Of course, expectations have changed dramatically in the last half century. "In the 1950s, a lot of women thought they needed to marry right away," Coontz said. "Real wages were rising so quickly that men in their 20s could afford to marry early. But they didn't want a woman who was their equal. Men needed and wanted someone who knew less." In fact, she said, research published in 1946 documented that 40 percent of college women admitted to playing dumb on dates. "These days, few women feel the need to play down their intelligence or achievements," Coontz said.

The new research has more good news for college grads. Stevenson said the data indicate that modern college-educated women are more likely to be married before age 40, are less likely to divorce, and are more likely to describe their marriages as "happy". The marriages of well-educated women tend to be more stable because the brides are usually older as well as wiser, Stevenson said.

Not long ago, it was believed that women went to college in order to ______.

A．find a husband

B．get smart in the marriage market

C．learn to be a good wife

D．marry someone with a bachelor's degree

ctly, and (54)a pound of sugar. Then I returned home and(55) my wife the paper bag in which there was one pound of sugar. I said to her, “Here is the(56) you want.” My wife looked into the bag, and then looked at me in a(57)way, saying very slowly, “I told you to get me a bottle of milk”. I was so(58 )my absent-mindedness that I paid(59) to my family doctor, who was both learned and kind.“Your problem,” He said, “is a(60)one and it should not(61) you at all. If you know you’re absent-minded, you’re quite all right. It’s nothing to worry about. But if you don’t know you’re absent-minded, you’re surely in(62 )“Many(63)people are absent-minded,” the doctor told me. “(64),Thomas Edison was standing(65)one day to pay taxes when he arrived(66)window, that is to say, it was his(67)to pay his money, he found that he(68)his own(69). He(70)the man next in the line and asked,” Can you tell me who I am？ The man told him.I felt(71)and got up to leave. “Thank you, doctor,” I said, “How much should I pay you？” “Ten dollars for the(72).” “But, doctor, I didn’t have a check-up.” The doctor looked much puzzled. “Oh, yes,” he said, “it was that(73)before you. How absent-minded I am too!”

54. A.sold

B.ordered

C.bought

D.borrowed

55. A.handed

B.put

C.paid

D.borrowed

56. A.milk

B.sugar

C.vegetable

D.book

57. A.friendly

B.kind

C.open

D.strange

58. A.worried about

B.fond of

C.interested in

D.proud of

59. A.some money

B.taxes

C.a visit

D.great attention

60. A.difficult

B.good

C.bad

D.simple

61. A.excite

B.worry

C.interest

D.pay

62. A.need

B.future

C.trouble

D.fact

63. A.famous

B.ordinary

C.sick

D.honest

64. A.In fact

B.For example

C.At once

D.Long, long ago

65. A.among people

B.in passengers

C.in a queue

D.between two

66. A.to

B.in

C.on

D.at

67. A.moment

B.duty

C.turn

D.time

68. A.had remembered

B.had forgotten

C.thought of

D.lost

69. A.telephone number

B.name

C.address

D.age

70. A.turned to

B.looked at

C.listened to

D.passed on

71. A.even worse

B.more worried

C.much better

D.more excited

72. A.check-up

B.talk

C.medicine

D.time

73. A.me

B.your wife

C.patient

D.scientist

is second wife, Elizabeth MeCourt, better known as "Baby Doe". Their history is fast becoming one of the legends of the Old West. Horace Austin Warner Tabor was a school teacher in Vermont. With his first wife and two children he left Vermont by covered wagon in 1855 to a homestead in Kansas. Perhaps he did not find farming to his liking. or perhaps he was l ured by rumors of fortunes to be made in Colorado mines. At any rate, a few years later he moved west to the small Colorado mining camp known as California Gulch, which he later renamed Leadville when he became its leading citizen. "Great deposits of lead are sure to be found here',he said

As it turned out, it was silver, not lead, that was to make Leadville' s fortune and wealth. Tabor knew little about mining himself, so he opened a general store, which sold everything from boots to salt, flour, and tobacco. It was his custom to " grubstake" prospective miners, in other words, to supply them with food and supplies, or "grub", while they looked for ore, in return for which he would get a share in the mine if one was diswvered. He did this for a number of years, hut no one that he aided ever found anything of value

Finally one day in the year 1878, so the story goes, two miners came in and asked for 'grub". Tabor had decided to quit supplying it because he had lost too much money that way. These They "Oh help yourself One more time won't make any difference," He said and went on selling persistent, however, and Tabor was busy to argue with them shoes and hats to other customers. The two miners took $17 worth of supplies, in return for which they gave Tabor a one-third interest in their findings. They picked a barren place on the mountainside and began to dig. After nine days they struck a rich vein of silver Tabor bought the shares of the other two men, and so the mine belonged to him alone. This mine, known as the "Pittsburgh Mine," made$1 300 000 for Tabor in return for his $17 investment

Later Tabor bought the Matchless Mine on another barren hillside just outside the town for $117 000 This turned nut to be even more fabulous than the Pittsburgh, yielding $35 000 worth of silver per day at one time Leadville grew Tabor became its first mayor, and later became lieutenant governor of the state

36. Leadville got its name for the following reasons EXCEPT because _________

A. Tabor became its leading citizen

B. great deposits of lead is expected to be found there

C. it could bring good fortune to Tabor

D. it was renamed

37. The word "grubstake" in paragraph 2 means_______________

A. to supply miners with food and supplies

B. to open a general store

C. to do one's contribution to the development of the mine

D. to supply miners with food and supplies and in return get a share in the mine, if one was discovered

38. Tahor made his first fortune_____________

A. by supplying two prospective miners and getting in return a one-third interest in the findings

B. because he was persuaded by the two miners to quit supplying

C. by buying the shares of the others

D. as a land speculator

39. The underlying reason for Tabor's life career is________________-

A. purely accidental

B. based on the analysis of miner' s being very poor and their possibility of discovering profitable mining site

C. through the help from his second wife

D. he planned well and accomplished targets step by step

40. If this passage is the first part of an article, who what might be introduced in the following part？_________________

A. Tabor's life

B. Tabor's second wife, Elizabeth McCourt

C. Other colorful characters

D Tabor's other careers

阅读理解：选择题

Among the more colorful characters of Leadville's golden age were H.A.W. Tabor and his second wife, Elizabeth McCourt, better known as “Baby Doe”. Their history is fast becoming one of the legends of the Old West. Horace Austin Warner Tabor was a school teacher in Vermont. With his first wife and two children he left Vermont by covered wagon in 1855 to homestead in Kansas. Perhaps he did not find farming to his liking, or perhaps he was lured by rumors of fortunes to be made in Colorado mines. At any rate, a few years later he moved west to the small Colorado mining camp known as California Gulch, which he later renamed Leadville when he became its leading citizen. “Great deposits of lead are sure to be found here.” he said.

As it turned out, it was silver, not lead, that was to make Leadville's fortune and wealth. Tabor knew little about mining himself, so he opened a general store, which sold everything from boots to salt, flour, and tobacco.『It was his custom to “grubstake” prospective miners, in other words, to supply them with food and supplies, or “grub”, while they looked for ore, in return for which he would get a share in the mine if one was discovered. He did this for a number of years, but no one that he aided ever found anything of value.

Finally one day in the year 1878, so the story goes, two miners came in and asked for “grub”. Tabor had decided to quit supplying it because he had lost too much money that way. These were persistent, however, and Tabor was too busy to argue with them. “Oh help yourself. One more time won't make any difference,” He said and went on selling shoes and hats to other customers. The two miners took $17 worth of supplies, in return for which they gave Tabor a one-third interest in their findings. They picked a barren place on the mountain side and began to dig. After nine days they struck a rich vein of silver. Tabor bought the shares of the other two men, and so the mine belonged to him alone. This mine, known as the “Pittsburgh Mine,” made 1 300 000 for Tabor in return for his $17 investment.

Later Tabor bought the Matchless Mine on another barren hillside just outside the town for $117 000. This turned out to be even more fabulous than the Pittsburgh, yielding $35 000 worth of silver per day at one time. Leadville grew. Tabor became its first mayor, and later became lieutenant governor of the state.

操作提示：通过题干后的下拉框选择题目的正确答案。

1. Leadville got its name for the following reasons EXCEPT {A、B、C}.

A. because Tabor became its leading citizen

B. because great deposits of lead is expected to be found there

C. because it could bring good fortune to Tabor

2. The word “grubstake” in paragraph 2 means {A、B、C}.

A. to supply miners with food and supplies

B. to open a general store

C. to supply miners with food and supplies and in return get a share in the mine, if one was discovered

3. Tabor made his first fortune {A、B、C}.

A. by supplying two prospective miners and getting in return a one-third interest in the findings

B. because he was persuaded by the two miners to quit supplying

C. by buying the shares of the other

4. The underlying reason for Tabor's life career is {A、B、C}.

A. purely accidental

B. based on the analysis of miner's being very poor and their possibility of discovering profitable mining site

C. through the help from his second wife

5. If this passage is the first part of an article, who might be introduced in the following part？ {A、B、C}

A. Tabor's life.

B. Tabor's second wife, Elizabeth McCourt.

C. Other colorful characters.

One of the things I am really fond of is the weekly shopping experience. I like to

imagine pushing the trolley slowly around the supermarket and taking anything that

interests me. But my experience is not always so exciting. First it is difficult to get

a shopping trolley. Carefully designed not only to hold all shapes and sizes of

purchases, a single trolley is hard to get out of the line of trolley s where it is

parked. Often one needs the help of two strong men. The next lesson is that women never

follow a logical route when shopping. Your wife has disappeared before you know it.

After ten minutes of searching, when you finally find her in a far corner, she

enquires: “Where have you been all this time, dear？” Supermarket managers are sent on

courses to learn how to tempt the customers and persuade them to buy goods they do not

really need, at prices they are not able afford. As a newcomer, I am often taken in by

their clever techniques, as I take many goods off the shelves. But I am often

discouraged by my wife. “Put it back, dear.” “You’ve tried that before and didn’t

take to it.” “No, it’s too expensive.” After the week’s groceries have been

collected, the last trial is passing through the checkout counter. Never join the

shortest queue. It usually contains several shoppers who pay by writing out a personal

cheque and who wait until all their purchases have been totaled up before beginning a

mad search through their handbags for their cheque books. When the book is found, the

customer never knows the date, asks again for the forgotten total and forgets to put

the address on the back. Don’t be fooled, either, by thinking that this is the end of

the exercise. When the cheque has been carefully examined by the cashier, a bell rings

, and there is a further wait until a supervisor arrives to say that the cheque can be

accepted. Then it is our turn, and the checkout girl is so quick and efficient that we

don’t have time to get our own chequebook ready. But the people who are packing our

shopping are kind and give us friendly smiles When we come once more into the great

outside world, a broken egg is running down my trousers. I hear the voice of my wife

call out: “Oops, dear, mind the trolley.” Shopping!

1. How often does the author go shopping？

A. every day

B. every week

C. every month

D. every year

2. The author does not find his shopping experience always ______.

A. exciting

B. useful

C. embarrassing

D. time-consuming

3.The last trial is ____________________________.

A. collecting groceries

B. passing through the checkout counter

C. having a rest

D. saying goodbye

4. Who comes to check whether the cheque can be accepted.

A. The supervisor

B. The manager

C. The salesgirl

D. The husband

5. When they come into the great outside world, the author finds that ______.

A. he can’t find the car

B. he can’t find his wife

C. a ten-dollar note on the ground

D. a broken egg is running down his trousers